For the first time since the before-times, I found myself in mid-June 2022 heading on a train to, to an… Read more
The World Congress on Adult Capacity: a dispatch
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Essex Autonomy Summer School – near final programme and last few places
The (near-final) draft programme for the 2022 Autonomy Summer School is now available. There are still one or two surprises… Read more
Lasting Powers of Attorney reform in England & Wales – a Private Members’ Bill, but is this “when Parliamentary time allows?”
An intriguing announcement today (15 June 2022) raises the possibility that there may be movement to amend the MCA 2005… Read more
LPS update newsletter from LPS policy team
I reproduce below the text of the most recent (14 June) update from the LPS team at the DHSC. To… Read more
Happy birthday Open Justice Court of Protection!
It’s two years since Celia Kitzinger and Gill Loomes-Quinn launched the Open Justice Court of Protection Project. Since then, and… Read more
LPS and MCA Code consultation – further video Q&A (14 June)
Thanks very much to everyone who sent in questions about the LPS and MCA Code consultation. I have done a… Read more
Two (and a bit) years of talking to people from my shed
As I prepare to leave the shed for Edinburgh for the World Congress on Adult Capacity (real people in a… Read more
Updated version of draft MCA Code of Practice (and an invitation to send questions)
An updated and partially corrected version of the draft MCA Code of Practice has been published, out for consultation (remember)… Read more
Book review: Supporting Legal Capacity in Socio-Legal Context
Supporting Legal Capacity in Socio-Legal Context (Mary Donnelly, Rosie Harding and Ezgi Taşcıoğlu, eds., Hart, 2022, hardback/eBook, c.£76/61) The second… Read more
Advance choices and medical decision-making in intensive care settings – Scottish proposals for legislative change
The Law Society of Scotland has published on 19 May 2022 a detailed report considering and addressing current deficiencies in Scots… Read more